音标:['fɒ:ti] ; 柯林斯词典等级:5 级;
num. 四十, 四十个
n. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four
s. being ten more than thirty
词型变化:名词复数形式 : forties
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forty的用法和样例:

例句

用作数词(num.)
  1. They managed to squash forty people into the bus.那辆公共汽车好不容易塞进了四十个人。
用作形容词(adj.)
  1. He reigned over the country for forty years.他统治了这个国家四十年。

词汇搭配

  • forty winks小睡
  • like forty非常厉害地,猛烈地...
  • forty hours week每周四十小时工作制...
  • fifteen forty一比三
  • forty all三平
  • forty-niner1849年争往加利福...
  • forty-five四十五分(时间)...
  • as forty非常厉害地,猛烈地...
  • forty to the dozen滔滔不绝地
  • forty-rod lightning下等烈性酒
  • by forty非常厉害地,猛烈地...
  • speak forty to the dozen喋喋不休
  • run forty to the dozen喋喋不休
  • talk forty to the dozen喋喋不休

经典引文

  • Dietrich's forty years weighed him down like forty bullets.

    出自:C. Reade
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